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Patented February 9, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

ANDREV MCKENZIE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

PRESSlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,674, dated February9, 1904,

l Application led September 24, 1903. Serial No. 174,482. ,(No model.)

T0 all whom, it may] concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW MCKENZIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPressing-Boards; and I do declare the following' to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the ai't to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in pressing-boards such as areused by tailors in pressing' finished clothing.

The object of the invention is to provide a board of this character bywhich coats and other articles of clothing may be pressed withoutinterfering with the buttons on the same.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will besimple in construction, inexpensive, and upon which an article ofclothing may be quickly arranged for pressing, the buttons on the sameoccupying such a position on the board as to be entirely out of the wayof the pressing-iron.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

' In the accompanying' drawings, Figure 1 is top plan view of the board,showing' in full and broken lines the closed and open position of theparts; and Fig. Q is a cross-sectional view of the same having a sectionof a garment arranged upon the same in position for pressing'.

Referring more particularly to the drawing's, 1 denotes the board havinga base portion 2 and an upper portion, one side 3 of which is ixed tosaid base and the opposite side A of which is pivotally connected to thebase at its inner end, as at 5, said inner pivoted end being rounded, asat 6, to permit the said side 4 to swing' outwardly and inwardly againstsaid iixed side 8. The meeting edges of the two sides 3 and 4L of theupper portion of the board are rabbeted or cut away, as at 7, to form achannel 8 between the said sides and flanges 9 and lO above saidchannel, which when the pivoted side 4 is swung into engagement with thefixed side closes said channel and forms a smooth ironing-surface of thetop of the board, as shown. The edge of the flange 9 on the fixed side 3of the board is corrugated or has formed therein a series of recesses13, which are preferably semicircular in shape and extend throughout thelength of the channel 8. The outer ends of the flanges 9 and 10 are cutaway or rounded, as at 14, to form a flaring space between said ends toenable the swinging member of the same to be more readily opened and toprevent the corners of said ends from catching into the garment whenbeing' arranged upon the board.

Then using the board in pressing a garment in the proximity of thebutton, the pivoted side piece et is swung out to the position shown inbroken lines in Fig. 1 and the garment placed upon the board with therow of buttons arranged in the channel 8, the shanks or theattaching-threads of the same entering the recesses 13, therebypermitting the adjacent edges of the flanges of the two side pieces tomeet or come tog'ether and form a smooth surface upon the top of theboard,vwhereby the garment may be pressed on a line with the buttons. y

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor detailsv ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacricing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pressing-board having on its upper side a fixed section and a movablesection, pivoted at one end, said sections being rabbeted on their inneropposing edgesto form a channel and provided with coengagingangesoverhanging my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witsaid channel, saidiiange of the Xed seotlon nesses.

being provided With a plurality of recesses to clear the Shanks ofbuttons when the pivoted ANDREW MCKENZIE' 5 section is closed againstlche iiXed section, sub- Witnesses:

stantially as described. ELLIS C. BENGARD, Jr.,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set K. SKELLY.

